Urgent Action on Behalf of the Otomie Indigenous People of the
Communal Properties of AMAXAC The Communal Properties of Amaxac,
situated in the municipality of Texcatepec, Veracruz State, Mexico,
20 September 1995. The history of the Otomi(e). The Government
is closing all legal avenues to the indigenous people. We fear
that if the indigenous people take the initiative to take back
their lands, the Government will violently intervene to punish
them for acting outside the law.